Those Were The Days; 18th September 1999

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THOSE WERE THE DAYS

18th September 1999

F A Cup 2nd Qualifying Round (AXA)

HRBFC 1 (Carter 54’) Bognor Regis Town 1 (Scammell 2’) Att; 243

HRBFC;-
James Courtnage; Andy Walker, Peter Wood, Karl Emerick, Nick Burton, Jason Shaw, Trevor Canoville (Craig Maskell), Dudley Gardner, Ben Forey, Martin Buglione, Martin Carter.
Unused Subs; Gary Robinson (gk), Naseem Bashir, Rob Longhurst, Matt Miller.

Bognor Regis Town;-
Colin Matthews; Danny Hinshelwood, Dean Blake, Kevin Murphy, Jay Pickering, Rob Ackroyd, Danny Holmes (Roy Young), Michael Birmingham, Scott Bundy, Neil Scammell, Jamie Howell.
Unused Subs; Glen Cook, Ashley Martin, Allen Morey.

The Beavers, mid-table in the Isthmian Premier, welcomed Division 1 side Bognor Regis Town for a F A Cup 2nd Qualifying Round match. Bognor, managed by Jack Pearce, were in the lower half of their division, so hopes were high for progress by Hampton. The visitors, patently, had other ideas. Courtnage was forced to concede a corner in the first minute. Worse was to follow when, Neil Scammell, lurking at the far post poked the ball home (timed at 1min 40 secs!). The rest of the half was relatively even. Buglione flicked a shot straight at Colin Matthews, and then on the brink of half-time Carter had the ball in the net but was ruled offside. Hampton equalised in the 54th minute. Forey down the left side sent over a cross that clipped Gardner’s boot and with defenders scrambling, Carter scored from inside the six-yard box. Buglione then missed two good chances without hitting the target. Bognor then tested Courtnage on a couple of occasions but in the end, it was all off to sunny Bognor for a replay three days later.


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